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Wed May-26-10 02:24 PM
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Art Linkletter Died at 97 |
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Just saw this as a news alert.
His show was so funny - Kids Say the Darndest Things.
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Wed May-26-10 02:25 PM
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leftyladyfrommo
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Wed May-26-10 02:26 PM
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6. Wasn't he an arch conservative? |
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Can't remember. But I'll miss him anyway. Doesn't make his show any less funny.
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Wed May-26-10 02:44 PM
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20. At this point, it doesn't matter |
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I seriously doubt his political views changed the political landscape much, one way or another.
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Wed May-26-10 04:02 PM
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30. I don't care, either. |
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Edited on Wed May-26-10 04:35 PM by tonysam
He had one of the longest marriages in show business history, by the way. He was married 74 years, from November 25, 1935.
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Wed May-26-10 07:29 PM
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37. I've never thought a long marriage reflected on a person's character |
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Some people stay married way way longer than they should. However if he's going to talk the family values talk then I guess he deserves kudos for walking the walk. Can't say that for a lot of family values conservatives.
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Wed May-26-10 02:45 PM
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He was a spokesman and organization for USA Next, a conservative alternative to AARP. USA Next is pretty arch.
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Wed May-26-10 02:48 PM
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22. Friends with Charlton Heston? |
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God, I don't know. Just seems to me he was involved in politics for a while but it was a long time ago.
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Wed May-26-10 02:27 PM
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Wed May-26-10 02:26 PM
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3. Excellent effort on his part. |
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Wed May-26-10 02:26 PM
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5. I was hooked on his show when I was a toddler. |
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Edited on Wed May-26-10 02:27 PM by no_hypocrisy
House Party was far more interesting than Romper Room. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drxihabHA0w
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Wed May-26-10 02:28 PM
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8. I especially one little boy who was talking about the octopus' testicals. |
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Edited on Wed May-26-10 02:32 PM by leftyladyfrommo
The roof came down.
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Wed May-26-10 02:31 PM
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9. I can remember my mom watching him every day in a different |
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time, when America was a better place. I remember well Kids Say the Darndest Things.
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Wed May-26-10 02:31 PM
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10. I guess he'll never reunite with Paul Simon. |
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Wed May-26-10 02:31 PM
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11. They guy was everywhere in the 50's and 60's...one of the best-known |
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celebrities of that time...RIP.
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Wed May-26-10 02:32 PM
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12. I would watch his show when I came home from school. |
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Edited on Wed May-26-10 02:34 PM by lpbk2713
But that was long ago and far away. :eyes:
RIP Art.
He outlived his son Jack by a couple of years.
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Wed May-26-10 02:34 PM
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15. I didn't know Jack died. |
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I remember him kind of. Did he take over the shows?
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Wed May-26-10 02:36 PM
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16. I didn't know it either. |
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I had just checked Wikipedia. Someone had updated it already reflecting Art's death.
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Wed May-26-10 04:07 PM
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31. Only two of his five children survive him. n/t |
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Wed May-26-10 02:32 PM
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13. I remember my mom watching him every day at a time |
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when America was a better place. I remember well Kids Say the Darndest Things.
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Wed May-26-10 02:33 PM
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14. I thought he died years ago.. |
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Wed May-26-10 02:37 PM
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17. I remember watching him when I was a little kid, |
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before the left/right political battle lines were drawn.
Of course, we know here that all Republicans must eat shit and die and never be missed or mourned. Such is our classlessness.
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Wed May-26-10 02:41 PM
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18. Politics was way different back then. |
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I'm not even sure what Republicans believed in during the 50's and 60's.
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Wed May-26-10 02:42 PM
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19. They were more progressive than Dems in many ways...it was the 60's |
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and Goldwater and the exodus of the Southern dems to the Repuke when they started their descent into madness.
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Wed May-26-10 02:53 PM
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24. Actually, I remember it from the 50's |
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So he was around for a while.
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Wed May-26-10 02:50 PM
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23. Yes, and it's so much better now. I can be sorry if someone dies, even a Republican. |
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It's allowed by decency if nothing else. If I become like them it is my loss.
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Wed May-26-10 02:58 PM
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25. Married 75 years - that must be a record for show biz personality. |
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Wed May-26-10 04:08 PM
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32. It just about is. Kitty Wells comes closest, I believe, when she married in 1937. n/t |
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Wed May-26-10 02:59 PM
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26. That's sad. I remember his black & white TV show and the feature, 'Kids Say the Darnest Things'. |
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Wed May-26-10 03:21 PM
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28. When I was in Middle School... |
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Edited on Wed May-26-10 03:22 PM by Jokinomx
1971 - 72 he came and spoke at our school in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We didn't get very many celebrities up there... so we were all excited. He spoke of his conservative point of view of course and afterward I even shook his hand. lol What I remember most was his soft pillow hands hehehe, I worked on a farm and couldn't believe someone could have such soft hands. To this day, whenever I hear his name, I remember that.
RIP Art ... you did make the planet a better place.
:toast:
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33. Abe Vigoda is not dead |
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Wed May-26-10 04:15 PM
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34. Archive of American Television |
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Wed May-26-10 04:20 PM
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My mother always had on House Party, I thought it was a good show and liked it too.
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Wed May-26-10 04:22 PM
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36. I saw it every day after school. n/t |
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Wed May-26-10 09:01 PM
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38. Blamed his daughter's death on drugs. |
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Who knows if it was drugs, or an accident, or maybe he was a pushy, impossible to please dad??? Possibly?
I've heard of kids who did drugs because daddy did nothing but YELL at them all the time. Nothing the kid did was ever good enough. And kids who died because they were into drugs and the lowlifes they were hanging around with.
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Wed May-26-10 09:06 PM
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39. Linkletter and raygun were buds.... |
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....as so often is the case, the good die young....
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